Games like Leap Year
by Daniel Linssen
Leap Year is a side-view 2D puzzle platformer: exploring, solving puzzles and collecting pages. ANIMAL WELL and Night Lights play most like Leap Year. Of the 12 closest games below, most share its metroidvania, exploration and puzzle platformer.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
ANIMAL WELL
May 9, 2024 · Billy Basso
Both: Metroidvania · Exploration · Puzzle
Side-view 2D fantasy Metroidvania puzzle platformer, pixelated, atmospheric. Exploration, solving puzzles and collecting items.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPuzzlePixel GraphicsPuzzle PlatformerPlatformerHorror2DAtmosphericAdventure👍 22,855Night Lights
Jun 7, 2019
Both: Metroidvania · Precision Platformer · Exploration
Side-view 2D sci-fi puzzle platformer, minimalist blue silhouette. Manipulating light sources, exploring and solving puzzles.
MetroidvaniaPrecision PlatformerSide ScrollerSokobanExploration2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerRoguelikeFEZ
May 1, 2013 · Polytron Corporation
Both: Platformer · Puzzle · Exploration
First- or third-person 2D sci-fi puzzle platformer, pixel graphics. Explore, solve puzzles and unearth mysteries.
PlatformerPuzzleIndiePixel GraphicsExplorationGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAdventureCasualPuzzle Platformer👍 11,674Öoo
Aug 7, 2025 · NamaTakahashi, tiny cactus studio, Tsuyomi
Both: Puzzle Platformer · 2D Platformer · Metroidvania
Side-view 2D exploration puzzle platformer, cute pixel graphics. Using bombs, solving puzzles and exploring.
Puzzle Platformer2D PlatformerMetroidvaniaPuzzleExplorationCute2DPlatformerTutorialPixel Graphics👍 6,598Toki Tori 2+
Jul 11, 2013 · Two Tribes
Both: Metroidvania · Puzzle Platformer · Nonlinear
Side-view 2D fantasy puzzle platformer, cute and colorful. Solving puzzles, exploring and experimenting.
MetroidvaniaPuzzle PlatformerOpen WorldNonlinearSide ScrollerSingleplayerExplorationAdventurePlatformerPuzzle👍 750The Swapper
May 30, 2013 · Olli Harjola, Otto Hantula, Tom Jubert, Carlo Castellano
Both: Puzzle · Platformer · Puzzle Platformer
Side-view 2D sci-fi puzzle platformer, clay models and materials. Solving puzzles, swapping consciousness into clones and platforming.
PuzzleSci-fiAtmosphericIndieSpacePlatformerPuzzle PlatformerSingleplayerAdventurePhilosophical👍 5,066Soulless: Ray Of Hope
Oct 18, 2016
Both: Precision Platformer · Exploration · Puzzle Platformer
Side-view 2D story-driven 2D platformer, minimalist and dark. Exploration, platforming and solving puzzles.
Precision PlatformerSide ScrollerSokobanExplorationPuzzle Platformer2D PlatformerPuzzlePlatformerAction-AdventureSilent Protagonist👍 207Wuppo: Definitive Edition
Sep 29, 2016 · snekflat
Both: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
Side-view 2D fantasy Metroidvania platformer, hand-drawn visuals. Exploration, puzzle solving and fighting enemies.
MetroidvaniaExplorationPlatformer2D2D PlatformerCuteGreat SoundtrackPuzzleActionSingleplayer👍 4,951